Catalog
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Size | 156 x 67 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | FIJI TWENTY DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central vignette of a traditional Fijian bure (thatched meeting house) set amid tropical vegetation, rendered in blue and green tones over a multicoloured guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals '$20' appear at upper left and upper right, with the country name 'FIJI' at top centre. The inscription 'TWENTY DOLLARS' is printed in bold letters below the central vignette, flanked by decorative geometric and latticework panels. |
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Fiji's 1986 note issue came shortly after the country's tumultuous political shift — the 1987 coups led by Sitiveni Rabuka were still a year away, making this one of the last series issued under the relatively stable pre-coup administration. The Reserve Bank had been issuing its own currency only since 1975, having taken over from the Currency Board system, so this series was still part of the relatively young institution finding its footing.
De La Rue's security provision for this issue was modest — a single watermark, no metallic thread. By the mid-1980s that was already a conservative specification for a $20 denomination.